Thermoreversible biogel may solve a hairy problem for wearable brain-monitoring systems

A vital tool for health care practitioners, electroencephalography (EEG) systems measure electrical activity in the brain through electrodes placed on the scalp, but getting reliable readings can be surprisingly difficult. Hair interferes with contact between the electrodes and skin, and the gels used to improve those connections often dry out over time…

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Heat vulnerability follows more than temperature, and this global map exposes the overlooked fault lines

A Nature Sustainability paper titled “A multidimensional assessment of Systemic Cooling Poverty in the Global South,” provides the first large-scale, multidimensional measurement of Systemic Cooling Poverty (SCP)—defined as situations in which individuals are “prevented from attaining thermal safety as a result of intersecting forms of systemic deprivation…

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